49 minutes ago, Netrice said:

I was using the regimen for a month and im officially done with it. I stopped using it for 2-3 days and my face has been breaking out horribly ever since. Its worst than it has ever been. Im having bad breakouts along my jawline and my hairline. I rarely had breakouts in those areas. Now its just blackheads and cystic acne all over. I hate the way my face looks now. I wish i never started using this mess. And i just spent all this money on these products that im not using anymore. They never advertised what would happen to the skin if stopped use of bp. Im so pissed and embarrassed to look in the mirror. I have no idea what i can use to help me get clearer skin. Ive been using abs, apple cider vinegar, tea tree oil, jojoba oil, neutrogena rapid clear leave on mask and daily scrub, and a glycolic acid face wash. Nothing seems to be working. Help?!!!

Hey Netrice,

I don't come on here often, but when I do I usually see desperate pleas like yours. What's happening to you is normal. Benzoyl PeroxideHAS to be continuously used in order to be effective. If you stop, you will get a "rebound effect" occur where acne pops back up because you discontinued usage.

A similar thing happened to me on Duac. You say the things you've used didn't work. It's because you're not tackling internal hormonal imbalances as well. You're only putting a "bandage" on it. You've got to target your internal hormonal imbalances and the quickest ways to do that is throughlifestyleandsupplements.

Supplement-wise here's my recommendations on my best "go-to" supplements:

• Vitamin A (5,000 - 10,000 IU) -reduce oiliness, reduce skin shedding, & overall skin health (Accutane is a vitamin A derivative and it works on everyone). Watch out on this supplement, you can overdose but it takes a lot.
• Zinc (50 mg/d - take at night)- You don't know how OG this supplement is until you take it. This is what cured my cystic acne alone.
• 5000 IU Vitamin D/day -Reduces oiliness and can actually be a cure for most people as it's a hormone that regulates a lot of functions in the body. Go out in the sun if you want it for free.
• 250 IU of Vitamin E/day (natural)- Prevents your sebum from oxidizing which prevents acne.

Lifestyle factors:

• Exercise more
• Drink more water.Water is life and your body needs water - skin included. Just drink enough that it makes your pee clear.
• Use the sauna(there's a study where it showed that people that used the sauna actually had decreased oil production: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18525205 <- Wait that's science? Sheez. A lot of people here need more of that.
• Alsodon't drink milk(it contains5-alpha-P,a precursor toDHT. Various studies confirm that milk plays a role) or intakesoy. If you need calcium take a calcium supplement or eat calcium rich foods.
• Sleep at the same time each day and for at least 8 hours.
• Reduce stress
• Decrease refined sugar intaketo as low as you can. Eliminate refinedsugar if you can as that's better.Sugar increases insulin = acne, simply. I can get all sciencey with you but I want to make things easy as I wish people did that for me when I had acne.